blink vi.,n. [now rare] To use a navigator or off-line message reader to minimize time spent on-line to a commercial network service (a necessity in many places outside the U.S.

blink vi.,n.

[now rare] To use a navigator or off-line message
reader to minimize time spent on-line to a commercial network
service (a necessity in many places outside the U.S. where the
telecoms monopolies charge per-minute for local calls). As of late
1994, this term was said to be in wide use in the UK, but is rare
or unknown in the US. In early 2000 it was reported that the
term had apparently passed out of use in the U.K.

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